Chapter 12 of Highways in Hiding is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Highways in Hiding is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * * * I sat up in bed. It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently. It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery. It felt good just to be alive. The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
Chapter 12 of Highways in Hiding is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.”
with brightness
From this reading “It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.”
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.”
green foliage
From this reading “It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.”
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
From this reading “The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.”
recently born
From this reading “It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.”
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.”
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
possessing life
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It felt good just to be alive.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading * * * * * I sat up in bed.
plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
with brightness
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading It felt good just to be alive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
in a gradual manner
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It felt good just to be alive.
green foliage
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * * * * * I sat up in bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * * * I sat up in bed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
and nothing more
From this reading It felt good just to be alive.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
recently born
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading * * * * * I sat up in bed.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
the season of growth
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It felt good just to be alive.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading * * * * * I sat up in bed.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hanging bottles and festoons of rubber hose were gone.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading It was morning, the sun was streaming in the window brightly and the fresh morning air of Spring stirred the curtains gently.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was quite warm and the smell that came in from the outside was alive with newborn greenery.
Chapter 12 of Highways in Hiding by George O. (George Oliver) Smith holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 12 holds 413 sentences of Highways in Hiding, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Highways in Hiding by George O. (George Oliver) Smith exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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